Humanities 060 - People & Their World » Fall 2021 » Chapter 34 Quiz

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Question #1
World War I
A.   is mislabeled for it was a small short war.
B.   did not involve the United States of America.
C.   was a war of attrition that had no justified reason for occurring nor clear winners.
D.   none of the answers
Question #2
What does Owens call “The old lie” in his poem “Dulce Et Decorum Est”?
A.   none of the answers
B.   war makes cowards of us all.
C.   Dulce Et Decorum Est Pro Patria Mori… It is fitting and proper to die for one’s country.
D.   in death there is honor.
Question #3
T.S. Eliot’s poem “The Wasteland” presents
A.   the death of Western civilization as evidenced by The Great War.
B.   All of the answers are correct.
C.   a poem structured like a collection of individual poems
D.   the themes of loss and a hope for redemption.
Question #4
The art of George Grosz
A.   none of the answers
B.   glorifies the trench warfare that World War I consisted of.
C.   is an imaginative blend of social criticism and social satire through caricatures.
D.   applauds the German military and its government.
Question #5
The Great Depression
A.   none of the answers
B.   inspired literary and visual art that described economic oppression and misery.
C.   is a time period when a large portion of the world was diagnosed with depression by Sigmund Freud.
D.   created a movement of art that focused on an alternate utopian reality.
Question #6
Diego Rivera is known for
A.   art that is abstract and aloof.
B.   murals that capture the vitality and futility of the Mexican Revolution that involved the active participation of peasants and urban workers.
C.   none of the answers
D.   paintings that glorify the elite of Mexican society.
Question #7
Heller’s novel Catch 22
A.   details WWII in the same epic and heroic fashion of the Greek classics.
B.   none of the answers
C.   demonstrates the benefits of the massive war effort created for WWII.
D.   is a clear example of the use of gallow’s humor in the service of satire.
Question #8
Wiesel’s memoir Night
A.   is an epic poem that was written as a response to T.S. Eliot’s poem “The Wasteland.”
B.   is a surrealistic retelling of one man’s dreams.
C.   none of the answers
D.   depicts his terrifying experiences as Jew in Nazi Germany.
Question #9
Picasso’s masterpiece Guernica
A.   All of the answers are correct.
B.   distills the imagery and language that he created with cubism to place a spotlight on the barbarism of modern warfare.
C.   captures the grim brutality and suffering of the wartime era during the Spanish Civil War.
D.   is a political response to the tragedy that occurred in the small pueblo of Guernica, Spain perpetrated by the German air force on behalf of the Fascist dictator Franco.
Question #10
Leni Riefenstahl was a talented German filmmaker
A.   All of the answers are correct.
B.   who used her talents in the service of German propaganda.
C.   was a woman
D.   created film images that are still widely and commonly used today in films about heroes and in televised sports programs.

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